mahendra
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A patient is admitted to a psychiatric hospital after having been picked
up by the police for making inappropriate sexual advances. A detailed
psychiatric interview demonstrates deficits in memory, insight,
judgement, personal appearance, and social behavior. The patient
is witnessed experiencing a possible epileptic seizure. Over a
period of several years, motor findings also develop, including
relaxed, but expressionless facies, tremor, dysarthria, and pupillary
abnormalities. Which of the following tests performed on his
cerebrospinal fluid would most likely be diagnostic?
A. CSF glucose
B. FTA-ABS
C. Gram's stain
D. Lymphocyte count
E. Neutrophil count
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| asmi
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I GO WITH C
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B
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| Idiopathic
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Definitely. Tertiary syphilis.
C, and E imply acute conditions, and D implies chronic inflammation.
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| mahendra
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B IS RIGHT
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| asmi
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thanks mahender
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